OSCILLATING GENDER EQUITY: A JURISPRUDENTIAL STUDY OF THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF DEVELOPMENT IN BRINGING ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY IN INDIA
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The state of gender equity is a far-fetched challenge even in the contemporary year of 2018. Gender inequality existent in India is a social fact. Traditional noxious notions and the long-standing nature of gender inequality have the inherent capacity to bring any society to a grinding halt. Functional dynamism is the undercurrent for the effective working of any society. This dynamism can be achieved only when the laws and policies of the State and those of various institutions and organizations acting as agents in the functioning of the society concerned reflect and inculcate the multitude of influx of societal changes that have arisen over time. The socio-economic issue of gender inequality can be best comprehended by assessment via ground-level surveys and subsequent inference from several economic indicators involved. This formulates a real picture of the extent and impact of gender inequality in the society by means of study of the same done with the approach as followed by the Economic School of Jurisprudence as an offshoot of the Sociological School of Jurisprudence which provides for functional dynamism in the society. India has witnessed credible development in the recent decades. However, aspects of gender inequality like son-preference, son-meta preference and low female labour force participation rate are extensively observed in the Indian society.
The paper aims to showcase that development is not self-sufficient in bringing about gender equality in India by following the approach of the Economic School of Jurisprudence.
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